A LITTLE COMIC RELIEF

From the other blog:

This is the dude who accused a grieving mother of a "malicious and calumnious accusation against the Archbishop..." and of "false testimony." 

FIRST FEMALE COMES FORWARD, ALLEGATIONS OF CLERGY SEX ABSUE

WHERE'S WALDO AND OTHER STUFF

BTW, if you didn't read Chuck White's post MORE GEMS FROM KIKO...AND AN OPPORTUNITY, read it. Read it and weep (between laughs of course). But weep for the church leadership which for almost 40 years has been suckered into (or bought off) such a farce. 

And speaking of farces, how ironic that the two impostors I was gonna sue (still might), have now been both wrapped up and shipped out-a-here: The Adrian and The Waldo. 

You will recall that as Apuron's Gotterdammerung ramped up and the walls of Valhalla caught flame and with Tony on the run, Adrian and Waldo took the reins from within the chancery bunker and began firing off the press releases (and even a pretty good movie featuring Dakon Tenorio) that gave us the ammunition to finally turn their own guns on them: namely a defamation suit.

3 NEW CLERGY SEX ABUSE ALLEGATIONS INVESTIGATED

CLARIFYING MISPERCEPTIONS ABOUT THE SETTLEMENT FUND

Posted by Tim

Perhaps because we have been so conditioned to immediately distrust anything coming from the chancery, and rightly so, there were many misperceptions about the "settlement fund" unveiled at yesterday's press conference.

The first thing to understand is that the presenter, Richard Untalan, and current president of the Archdiocesan Finance Council (AFC) was one of the four members of the AFC "fired" by Apuron in 2012, after he secretly recorded the instrument which gave away the Yona property. Additionally, Untalan and the others were belittled and threatened by then Vicar General, David (Lurch) Quitugua, who accused them of a "vulnus" against the bishop, for even proposing to discuss the matter at an AFC meeting. 

MORE GEMS FROM KIKO...AND AN OPPORTUNITY

Posted by Chuck White

Kiko Argüello’s Lenten Announcement to the Neocatechumenal communities of the world arrived in my inbox the other day, and it has a few gems that I just have to share...Read more.

WHERE'S FR. EDIVALDO?

Posted by Chuck White

A credible source has revealed that Neocatechumenal presbyter Fr. Edivaldo Da Silva Oliveira departed Guam this morning for Denver Colorado, a Neocatechumenal Mecca.  One source said that he was "transferred."  Another said, "It's for good."

WE WAIT

Perhaps Archbishop Byrnes doesn't know this, but the reason he's even here (on Guam and not in Michigan) is because of what happened on that fateful January morning on KOLG in 2006. 

On a call-in talk show hosted by Fr. Mike Crisostomo and Fred Rodriguez, Archbishop Apuron, uninvited and unannounced, barged in and took over the show. 

The topic had turned to a discussion about the Neocatechumenal Way and the recently released directive from the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments (CDW) requiring the NCW to conform its liturgy, particularly its communion rite, to what was prescribed by the liturgical books. 

TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE CHANCERY

DEAR ARCHBISHOP BYRNES. YOU HAVE SOME 'SPLAININ' TO DO

Posted by Tim

I received the following via email:

"The communities were also informed that the Catechist team met with Archbishop Byrnes last week.  They explained to him how we receive Holy Communion. Archbishop Byrnes then suggested a very tiny change, which all the communities in Guam will now be following.  The tiny change is that after receiving the Body of Christ, the brothers remain standing until everyone receives it. Then together with the priest, we consume the Body of Christ standing, and then we sit down. Everything else in the liturgy remains the same.  That was the only slight change that was made, which Archbishop Byrnes recommended to the Catechist team. Perhaps, this slight change will appease the traditionalist Catholics who oppose the Way."

http://neocatechemunal.blogspot.com/

Dear Archbishop Byrnes. If this is true, then you have some "splainin' to do. No priest, no bishop has the right to alter the Mass. That is reserved to the Holy See. Let's hope they're just spinning stories like they usually do.

Let us review what the Universal Church requires of the priest-celebrant:

GENERAL INSTRUCTION FOR THE ROMAN MISSAL

157. When the prayer is concluded, the priest genuflects, takes the host consecrated in the same Mass, and, holding it slightly raised above the paten or above the chalice, while facing the people, says, Ecce Agnus Dei (This is the Lamb of God). With the people he adds, Domine, non sum dignus (Lord, I am not worthy).

158. After this, standing and turned toward the altar, the priest says quietly, Corpus Christi custodiat me in vitam aeternam (May the Body of Christ bring me to everlasting life) and reverently receives the Body of Christ. Then he takes the chalice, saying quietly, Sanguis Christi custodiat me in vitam aeternam (May the Blood of Christ bring me to everlasting life), and reverently receives the Blood of Christ.

Now let us review what Archbishop Byrnes has reportedly authorized:

The tiny change is that after receiving the Body of Christ, the brothers remain standing until everyone receives it. Then together with the priest, we consume the Body of Christ standing, and then we sit down.

The General Instruction for the Roman Missal CLEARLY requires the priest to consume both consecrated species BEFORE he distributes Holy Communion to the communicants. However, Archbishop Byrnes reportedly has, all on his own and without any public and published approval from the Holy See, taken upon himself the role of the pope, and has authorized the priest-celebrant to delay his own communion until after he has distributed the consecrated hosts to the communicants.

Byrnes (reportedly) also violates GIRM par 161 which requires the communicant to consume the host "as soon as the communicant receives the host:"

161. If Communion is given only under the species of bread, the priest raises the host slightly and shows it to each, saying, Corpus Christi (The Body of Christ). The communicant replies, Amen, and receives the Sacrament either on the tongue or, where this is allowed and if the communicant so chooses, in the hand. As soon as the communicant receives the host, he or she consumes it entirely.

vs Byrnes' reported permission to NOT consume it "as soon as the communicant receives the host," but to hold it till all have received:

The tiny change is that after receiving the Body of Christ, the brothers remain standing until everyone receives it. Then together with the priest, we consume the Body of Christ standing, and then we sit down.

Let us hope this is NOT true for if it is there is NO HOPE OF EVER TRUSTING BYRNES, for this has been the central issue from the beginning. 

WOW! DID SHE REALLY SAY F-U TO KLITZKIE?

Bob Klitzkie wins an historic case, which has been hailed as a victory for the public, and Attorney General Elizabeth Barrett-Anderson thumbs her nose at him. (There's a reason.)

Go to right before the end.

Elizabeth Barrett-Anderson with Patti Arroyo

http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/pnc-k57-interviews/12945

History at CERTIFICATE OF TITLE FIASCO

Klitzkie calls out Attorney General over Land Management procedures

http://pacificnewscenter.com/local/12937

LIKE I SAID, WE'RE NOT DONE WITH THIS YET

Klitzkie demands action for seminary paperwork

Lawyer and former senator Bob Klitzkie is calling on Attorney General Elizabeth Barrett-Anderson to investigate what he calls "questionable facts and circumstances" surrounding the Declaration of Deed Restriction for the Redemptoris Mater Seminary in Yona. Calling it a "big mess", he raised concern at the way individuals from the AG's Office and the Department of Land Management handled the matter. CONTINUED

Read the CERTIFICATE OF TITLE FIASCO for the background. And P.S. David, do you have your ticket out of here yet?

GUAM DAILY POST: THANK YOU JUDGE CENZON

Thanks judge, for sending a message for GovGuam to be transparent

Klitzkie sued last year for access to public documents under the Sunshine Act, as he tried to shed light on a mystery: Did Archbishop Anthony Apuron give up control of a prime piece of Archdiocese of Agana property – the former Accion Hotel – and hand it to a board controlled by the New Jersey-based leaders of the Neocatechumenal Way? FULL EDITORIAL HERE

GUAM DAILY POST: MARCHING AGAINST APURON

PICKET LINE: More than 40 people walked the picket line for the defrocking of Archbishop Anthony Apuron again Sunday morning. The Concerned Catholics of Guam and the Laity Forward Movement are both seeking the removal of Apuron and held their 33th picket in front of the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica, Sunday, March 3. David Castro/The Guam Daily Post

THUS WE MARCH ON

posted by Jose M.

All too familiar to us.

Wednesday 1 March 2017 14.33 GMT 

'It is devastating': abuse survivor quits Vatican child protection body 

Resignation of Marie Collins, commission’s last remaining member who had suffered sexual abuse, is a setback for Pope Francis 

A prominent survivor of clerical sex abuse has resigned from a special Vatican commission that was created by Pope Francis to tackle the problem, saying the church’s most senior clerics continue to put “other concerns” before the safety of children and vulnerable adults.

. . . . .  

Collins said one of the reasons she decided to resign was the Vatican’s failure to establish a tribunal recommended by the commission to hold negligent bishops to account when they ignored reports of abuse.

Thus, we march on . . .

TRUST - THE QUICKEST WAY TO HEALING OUR FINANCIAL WOES

Posted by Tim

PDF copy here

We know that Archbishop Byrnes and the new Finance Council and Finance Officer have their hands full after three decades of abuse and neglect of our diocesan finances at the hands of Apuron and his merry band of self-serving stooges. 

BOY SCOUTS SAY IT BANNED BROUILLARD

Boy Scouts says it banned priest who admitted he molested Guam kids

The Boy Scouts of America banned from the scouting movement a priest accused of pedophilia who faces multiple sex-abuse cases in Guam, according to the head of the organization's Aloha Council.

The council, which has jurisdiction over the Boys Scouts' Guam chapter, was commenting on recent court cases filed in federal court against Louis Brouillard, a former Guam priest and former Boy Scouts troop master. CONTINUED

CANON LAWYER: "GUAM IS MAKING HISTORY."

Canon lawyers weigh in on Vatican's Guam investigation

Canon lawyer Jennifer Haselberger said she does not wish to say anything critical of the victims or their attorneys, but thinks it was a mistake not to participate in the Vatican canonical trial process. CONTINUED

PLEASE, LET US HELP CHERI WEGNER

Many of us know Cheri and her family. Let us help her in her time of need. Someday it will be our turn. Please use the social media buttons at the bottom of this post to share this post however you can. 

Sincerely,

Tim

Hafa Adai! Thank you for taking time to read our fund raising campaign. I am writing on behalf of my sister Cheri Wegner. I, along with our parents E. Carl and Carmen Quan Wegner and family, would like to ask for your help in our efforts to raise funds for her medical expenses.

THE PICKET CONTINUES

Buenas yan hafa adai everyone,

Our commitment  and determination to remove and defrock Apuron is unwavering. Picket Sunday, March 5, 2017 in front of Cathedral Basilica from 9:00a.m.-9:45a.m. See you then.

Si Yu'us Ma'ase,

Lou Klitzkie, LFM

HOW RARE IS THIS?

Posted by Tim

Per the Cathedral Rector's instruction to the Agana parish of February 14, 2017, the deadline ("before Ash Wednesday") for submitting a copy of the indult granting a particular group official permission to deviate from the General Instruction for the Roman Missal in its particular celebration of the Holy Eucharist has come and gone. 

Given that there are at least two Neocatechumenal Way "communities" supposedly associated with the Agana parish, the following should have been deposited on the Rector's desk "before Ash Wednesday:"

HISTORIC LEGAL VICTORY IN BATTLE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF YONA PROPERTY SCAM

‘Historic’ legal victory for public access to GovGuam records
Gaynor D. Daleno | The Guam Daily Post
In a victory for members of the public who want the government of Guam to be transparent, a Superior Court judge recently imposed a $1,000 fine against a department director who failed to timely make public records fully available under the Sunshine Act. CONTINUED

RELATED
Klitzkie's March 16, 2016 Op-Ed turned out to be prophetic:
Follow the Sunshine Law, disclose public records
If I want to know what’s going on outside my house, I can look out the window. Transparency. If I want to go out and have a look around, I use the door. I just open the door and walk outside. Openness. CONTINUED

WE'RE NOT DONE WITH THIS YET

On December 14, 2015, after a visit to the office of the Deputy Registrar of Titles, Bob Klitzkie began a personal campaign to uncover some extreme "funny business" relative to what appears to be a cover up of Apuron's swindling away the mega-million dollar Yona property.

Most of that "funny business" is documented in the JungleWatch series: CERTIFICATE OF TITLE FIASCO, and when we last left it, that "funny business" had disappeared behind the curtain of the office of Land Management, whose Deputy Registrar had produced a bogus certificate of title, and the office of the Attorney General, who had authorized an arrangement with the "trained lawyer" in order to keep the matter from going to court as the law required and as the AG herself had first recommended.

And while the property is now back in the hands of the Archdiocese of Agana (pending the suit for quiet title), there is more to the story...much, much more :)

P.S. Don't mess with Bob. 

Land Management director fined for not providing requested documents

A Freedom of Information Act lawsuit leads to the head of a GovGuam agency being fined $1,000 for failing to provide public documents relative to the controversial Yona seminary. It was in early 2016 when Bob Klitzkie filed a Sunshine Act request with the Department of Land Management. He was attempting to inspect a total of ten public documents he says were relative to the Redemptoris Mater Seminary. CONTINUED

GUESS WHAT? SMH!

Posted by Tim
Abuse Survivor Resigns From Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

VATICAN CITY — On Wednesday the decision of clerical-abuse survivor Marie Collins to resign from her post on the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors was announced, citing frustrations with “a lack of cooperation” by the Curia as a leading factor. CONTINUED

And guess what? Guess who is the head of this commission? Cardinal Sean O'Malley, the kiko-in-chief of the NCW financial empire, aka Domus Jerusalem, Inc., and fellow Capuchin and Apuron neocat confidant and protector. Wow! The Cardinal who heads the "Commission for the Protection of Minors" is, next to Filoni, Kiko's best friend in the Vatican, and Apuron's protector. SMH.

CLARIFYING ISSUES ABOUT THE CANONICAL TRIAL

(posted by Frenchie)

Much ink has been spilled over the last two weeks, regarding the canonical trial of Anthony Apuron, our disgraced and disgraceful ( still in title) Archbishop. 

The international Press made a lot of  hay about the sending of Cardinal Burke, to our shores.
The rumor mill of the Vatican, went viral as to the reason of his pick for this sensitive mission.

For us on Guam, the main development, was that David Lujan, the Attorney representing Roland Sondia, and the other victims of Apuron, advised his clients not to testify unless he was present with them to advise, but also to avoid any conflicting issue during the civil case.